SWOT and Organizational Strategy

Over the past two weeks, we have talked about strategic planning. We have examined the process of stragetic planning, types of strategic plans and looked at a tool to help assess the direction an organization is headed in.

Investigate a company and assess their position in regards to their stategy. Here's how;

1. Select an organization.
2. Google search for two or three recent articles that discusses what the company is doing or planning to do.
3. Write a brief summary about what the company is doing that illstrates their strategy (ie making new technology, moving overseas, buying a competitor). Using our class note, what kind of strategy is it
4. Based on the articles' information, perform a mini SWOT. Try and have something for each heading.
5. Paste your article links to your posting.